SL1 2TU Slough
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Cippenham Manor. Region: South East.
Streets
- Stour Close, Slough: 45 addresses
- Burgett Road, Slough: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Slough in 2026-27: Band D £2,414 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,610 | £1,878 | £2,146 | £2,414 | £2,951 | £3,488 | £4,024 | £4,829 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band C (41% of about 680 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Land R/O, 184, Chalvey Grove, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 2TE, permissioned (90 m)
- 165, Chalvey Grove, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 2TD, permissioned (180 m)
- Compuware Ltd, 163, Bath Road, Slough, SL1 4AA, permissioned (850 m)
- Fronting Tuns Lane & Beckwell Road, Slough, not permissioned (890 m)
- Greenwatt Way, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 3SJ, permissioned (900 m)
- Montem Lane (leisure centre), not permissioned (1.0 km)
- 172-184, Bath Road, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 3XE, permissioned (1.0 km)
- CIPPENHAM COURT, CIPPENHAM LANE, SLOUGH, BERKS, SL1 5AU, permissioned (1.0 km)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 2 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 45 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 0 low and 31 very low.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: the postcode centre is in flood zone 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's addresses are about 21 m above sea level.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Slough 5.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.1 km |
| Windsor and Eton Riverside 1.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.4 km | |
| Windsor and Eton Central 1.7 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.6 km | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m, 14 within 800 m; nearest Chalvey Grove | 150 m |
| Bus or coach station | Brunel Way Slough Town Centre | 2.0 km |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m; nearest Holiday Inn Slough-Windsor Car Park | 720 m |
| EV charging points | 7 within 1.6 km; nearest PoGo Charge | 680 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 11.8 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Dr Nabi | 1.7 km |
| Pharmacies | 6 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Asda Pharmacy | 700 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Ground Floor | 1.5 km |
| Hospital | Upton Hospital | 1.9 km |
| Police station | Thames Valley Police | 630 m |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m; nearest Barclays ATM | 620 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 4.6 ha | 90 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Unnamed 7.2 ha | 790 m |
| Play area | 9 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 280 m² | 90 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Lodge Farm Park 1.8 ha | 520 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.8 ha | 440 m |
Within 800 m: 2 parks and gardens, 12 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Moated site at Cippenham Court, a scheduled monument, 740 m north-west. 10 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Moated site at Cippenham Court | Scheduled monument | 740 m north-west |
| Church of St Peter | Listed building, Grade II* | 860 m east |
| Montem Mound: a motte at Salt Hill, Upton-cum Chalvey | Scheduled monument | 1.0 km north-east |
| Eton College | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.7 km south-east |
| Herschel Park (Formerly Upton Park) | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.8 km east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Baylis Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.6 km north-east |
| Athens | Lake or reservoir | 1.6 km south |
| Cuckoo Weir Island | Island | 1.8 km south |
| Cocksherd Wood | Wood | 3.7 km north |
| Lock's Bottom | Valley | 4.3 km north |
| Cant's Hill | Hill | 4.4 km north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 14.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 13.8 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
Noise figures are still being loaded.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 33 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 29% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 8% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 59% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 16% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 18% | 17% |
| Private rented | 21% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 64% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 9% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 9% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 26% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 56% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 12% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 71% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 33% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 80% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 4% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 5 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Stour Close.